Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre backstroke

Women's 200 metre backstroke at the VI Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 9 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Donna Gurr   Canada   Susie Atwood   United States   Barbara Darby   United States
«1967	1975»

The women's 200 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 9 August.^[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Elaine Tanner of Canada.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.^[9]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on August 9.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Donna Gurr	Canada	2:24.7
	Susie Atwood	United States	2:26.5
	Barbara Darby	United States	2:30.7
4	Adriana Grebnikof	Argentina	2:36.8
5	Patrícia Muniz	Argentina	2:38.6
6	Lucila Martins	Brazil	2:43.1
7	Cristiane Paquelet	Brazil	2:44.3
8	Patrícia Hernandez	Mexico	2:45.0

References

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - August 10, 1971, Morning, General, page 24". O GLOBO. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
2. O GLOBO News Archive
3. Hickoksports
4. Resultados
5. All Pan medalists - Male
6. All Pan medalists - Female
7. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
8. Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
9. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.